The second weekend of the Harrogate Competitive festival for Music, Speech and Drama saw a selection of musical theatre items, performed exuberantly by three local groups.

Although Knaresborough and Collingham were also well represented, winners based in Harrogate were in the ascendency this weekend and one of those, Nancy Song, surprised her audience by performing a folk song perfectly in Cantonese.

The Old Tyme Music Hall Song class was the highlight of Saturday evening. Over the weekend several performers were successful in more than one class.